Sunday Newsbits & Visuals

Citizen Zero - In a forum posting on Friday Lead Designer Paul McInnes stated that Micro Forte's PC and Xbox persistent state project is aiming to enter public beta in mid-2005, with a limited phase somewhat earlier and release in Q4.

More Massively Multiplayer Game Development - Thor Alexander, editor of the Massively Multiplayer Games Book, says publisher Charles River Media is interested in a follow-up. Ideas for six- to 20-page articles may be submitted by clicking on the link; he estimates royalties will be in the range of $1,000 to $2,000 for each.

Purge Jihad - Yesterday, Freeform Interactive released a patch updating its online-only blend of action and RPG to version 2.0.6b. The game is available in both free and registered versions.

EverQuest II - Posted yesterday, a single screenshot showing part of the community of Freeport in Sony's game may be seen at Everquest 2 (sic) OGaming. - Jonric